JAMA

The Journal of the American Medical Association
DisciplineMedicine
LanguageEnglish
Edited byKirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Publication details
Former name(s)
Transactions of the American Medical Association; Councilor's Bulletin; Bulletin of the American Medical Association; Journal of the American Medical Association
History1883–present
Publisher
Frequency48/year
Free access to research articles after six months
63.1 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4JAMA
Indexing
CODENJAMAAP
ISSN0098-7484 (print)
1538-3598 (web)
LCCN82643544
OCLC no.1124917
Until 1960:
ISSN0002-9955
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JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of biomedicine. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor.[1] Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of the University of California San Francisco became the journal editor-in-chief on July 1, 2022, succeeding Howard Bauchner of Boston University.[2]

According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2024 impact factor is 63.1, ranking it 4th out of 168 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".[3]

  1. ^ "AMA history". The American Medical Association. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Asplund, Jon (April 11, 2002). "AMA hires first person of color as JAMA editor-in-chief". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Web of Science Master Journal List - WoS MJL by Clarivate". mjl.clarivate.com. Retrieved February 1, 2024.